fortieth
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ti adjective
1.
next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
2.
being one of 40 equal parts.
noun
3.
a fortieth part, especially of one ( 1 / 40 ).
4.
the fortieth member of a series.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | a. being the ordinal number of forty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc. Often written: 40th |
| b. (as noun): he was the fortieth | |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. one of 40 approximately equal parts of something |
| b. (as modifier): a fortieth part | |
| 3. | the fraction equal to one divided by 40 (1/40) |
| [Old English fēowertigotha] | |
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Example sentences
As a present for me on my upcoming fortieth birthday.
They also have only about a fortieth as many stars as in present-day spiral galaxies.
In this manner did he live from the fortieth or forty-second to the ninetieth year of his age.
Next week, the fortieth anniversary of the original moonwalk.
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